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Wow!…. It appears you’ve definitely caught the ‘Avanti Virus’ !!!… Good for you!

Seventeen digit ‘VIN’ didn’t come into play until 1981… This Avanti is a ‘75.

The quality of Chinese products has improved tremendously over the past couple decades…. That’s why America is now playing ‘catch up’ …..Just sayin’

When it comes to spark plugs…. To each his own I guess!!!!

Message to Bob Johnstone…. Hi Bob.., if you check any of the rosters sent out to AOAI members over the last several years, you’ll see that every 1985 Avanti listed has its internal four digit serial number preceded by the letters RQB. I feel that ‘AAV’ did not become the standard prefix until the 1987 model year Avantis… Thanks, Ed ( Of course, when it comes time to register a 1985 Avanti, it’s the seventeen digit VIN number that only counts!)

That sounds right Dwight… but try to find H14Y’s (a Champion plug I always liked) at your local FLAPS quick & in a hurry!!!

Yes you are right… but at this point in time the J12Y’s seem to be a reliable, easily found, universal fit…. (If there actually is such a thing!) And, I’m my opinion, this plug also works well on ‘non-R’ Studebaker V8’s!

The Champion RJ12-Y’s I installed in my ‘63 R2 seem to go on forever!

No, I’ve never tried that…. but I have used aircraft wing tank ‘sloshing compound’ …which did an effective job encapsulating the rust in an Avanti’s I once owned fuel tank.

AG-R3……S I O website?

That indeed is my silver 1985 Avanti, RQB4234, in the above photo…. I probably should have corrected Mr. Johnstone on his ‘AAV’ mistake when I first saw this photo years ago….. As we can now see, errors like this tend to confuse people!……Ed

Very crafty!

The factory build sheet, available at Nostalgic Motors, will contain both the internal RQB car number… and the VIN number needed to register your 1975 Avanti….(if there is one?) I don’t believe the now common seventeen digit VIN number came into play until 1981.

The internal car number, used at Avanti Motors during the build, began with ‘RQB’ for the 1985 model year Avantis… Not ‘AAV’…… Mr. Johnstone may have used both the ‘AAV’ and the ‘RQB’ prefixes for ‘85’s in his roster, but the Avanti factory didn’t ! Just want to avoid future confusion here.

No Brooks…. You are the proud owner of RQB-4152!